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A Level Economics Syllabus

A Level Economics Syllabus

  • Following is the 9708 A Level Economics Syllabus for the 2023 to 2025 Exams For October, May and March Sessions for all time zones

           A-Level-Economics-Syllabus-2023-2025-syllabus.pdf

A-Level-Economics-Syllabus-2026-2028-syllabus.pdf

  • Following is the 9708 A Level Economics Syllabus for the 2026 to 2028  For October, May and March Sessions for all time zones

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Key points of the A level Economics syllabus for 2026/2027/2028 Exams:

  • Cambridge International AS Level students study topics 1.1–6.5 
  • Cambridge International A Level students study all topics 1.1–11.6

Topic List  for the AS level Economics  2026/2027/2028 Exams: 

Basic economic ideas and resource allocation

  • 1.1 Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost
  • 1.2 Economic methodology
  • 1.3 Factors of production
  • 1.4 Resource allocation in different economic systems
  • 1.5 Production possibility curves
  • 1.6 Classification of goods and services

The price system and the microeconomy

  • 2.1 Demand and supply curves
  • 2.2 Price elasticity, income elasticity and cross elasticity of demand
  • 2.3 Price elasticity of supply
  • 2.4 The interaction of demand and supply
  • 2.5 Consumer and producer surplus

Government microeconomic intervention

  • 3.1 Reasons for government intervention in markets
  • 3.2 Methods and effects of government intervention in markets
  • 3.3 Addressing income and wealth inequality

The macroeconomy

  • 4.1 National income statistics
  • 4.2 Introduction to the circular flow of income
  • 4.3 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply analysis
  • 4.4 Economic growth
  • 4.5 Unemployment
  • 4.6 Price stability

Government macroeconomic intervention

  • 5.1 Government macroeconomic policy objectives
  • 5.2 Fiscal policy
  • 5.3 Monetary policy
  • 5.4 Supply-side policy

International economic issues

  • 6.1 The reasons for international trade
  • 6.2 Protectionism
  • 6.3 Current account of the balance of payments
  • 6.4 Exchange rates
  • 6.5 Policies to correct imbalances in the current account of the balance of payments

Topic List  for the A level Economics  2026/2027/2028 Exams

A level Economics Students study the following additional sub-topics in addition to the above topics

The price system and the microeconomy

  • 7.1 Utility
  • 7.2 Indifference curves and budget lines
  • 7.3 Efficiency and market failure
  • 7.4 Private costs and benefits, externalities and social costs and benefits
  • 7.5 Types of cost, revenue and profit; short-run and long-run production
  • 7.6 Different market structures
  • 7.7 Growth and survival of firms
  • 7.8 Differing objectives and policies of firms

Government microeconomic intervention

  • 8.1 Government policies to achieve efficient resource allocation and correct market failure
  • 8.2 Equity and redistribution of income and wealth
  • 8.3 Labour market forces and government intervention

The macroeconomy

  • 9.1 The circular flow of income
  • 9.2 Economic growth and sustainability
  • 9.3 Employment/unemployment
  • 9.4 Money and banking

Government macroeconomic intervention

  • 10.1 Government macroeconomic policy objectives
  • 10.2 Links between macroeconomic problems and their interrelatedness
  • 10.3 Effectiveness of policy options to meet all macroeconomic objectives

International economic issues

  • 11.1 Policies to correct disequilibrium in the balance of payments
  • 11.2 Exchange rates
  • 11.3 Economic development
  • 11.4 Characteristics of countries at different levels of development
  • 11.5 Relationship between countries at different levels of development
  • 11.6 Globalisation

Routes to Cambridge A level Economics:

 

There are three routes for Cambridge International AS & A Level Economics:
Route Details Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3 Paper 4
1

AS Level only

(Candidates take all AS components in the same exam series)

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2

A Level (staged over two years)

Year 1 AS Level*

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Year 2 Complete the A Level

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3

A Level

(Candidates take all components in the same exam series)

 yes yes yes yes

Assessment Overview List  for the AS level Economics 2026 / 2027 and the 2028 Exams

Assessment overview

Paper 1
AS Level Multiple Choice 1 hour

30 marks

30 multiple-choice questions

Questions are based on the AS Level subject content.

Externally assessed

33% of the AS Level
17% of the A Level

Paper 3
A Level Multiple Choice 1 hour 15 minutes

30 marks

30 multiple-choice questions

Questions are based on the A Level subject content; knowledge of material from the AS Level subject content is assumed.

Externally assessed

17% of the A Level

Paper 2
AS Level Data Response and Essays 2 hours

60 marks

  • Section A: one data response question (20 marks)
  • Section B: one essay from a choice of two focusing mainly on microeconomics; there are two parts to each essay question (20 marks)
  • Section C: one essay from a choice of two focusing mainly on macroeconomics; there are two parts to each essay question (20 marks)

Questions are based on the AS Level subject content.

Externally assessed

67% of the AS Level
33% of the A Level

Paper 4
A Level Data Response and Essays 2 hours

60 marks

  • Section A: one data response question (20 marks)
  • Section B: one essay from a choice of two focusing mainly on microeconomics; the essay questions are unstructured with no parts (20 marks)
  • Section C: one essay from a choice of two focusing mainly on macroeconomics; the essay questions are unstructured with no parts (20 marks)

Questions are based on the A Level subject content; knowledge of material from the AS Level subject content is assumed.

Externally assessed

33% of the A Level

 

 

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